iPhone sales have declined significantly over the recent months. A number of analysts had to readjust their calculations of per-quarter sales to account for this. However, this may cost Verizon more than a rehashed opinion. The carrier may end up owing $14 billion to Apple if it doesn’t sell enough iPhone by the end of this year.

Apple has long been embroiled in the ebooks conspiracy case. The case also involves a number of e-books publishers with the charges being that Apple conspired with them to raise the prices of e-books. While most of the involved publishers have settled already, Apple didn’t and has now been found guilty.

When you use an Apple tablet or smartphone, access the web and browse to the pornographic sites, this is your own choice. But a Tennessee lawyer, Chris Sevier, has now filed a lawsuit against Apple, claiming that the company should have an anti-porn filter in all its devices.

Apple has long relied on third-party entities to manufacture the chips that go into its products. These chips are originally designed by Apple itself but actually built by the likes of Samsung. However, a new rumor is swirling around that Apple is gearing up to build its own chips in the coming days.

Currently, if an iOS user wishes to have his voice-based dictation turned into text, he has to rely on the Dictation tool. This tool, in turn, relies on Apple’s cloud, requiring the user to be connected to the internet. Many hints in the code of iOS 7 betas now suggest that Apple may also make the tool available offline on iOS devices.

Every time Apple hits a major milestone, the company tends to send out a round of free content and great offers in celebration. The latest occasion which the company is celebrating is the 5th anniversary of the App Store. As part of the celebrations, Apple had made a number of top iOS games and apps available for free.

We’ve already heard a lot of rumors regarding a budget iPhone from Apple. This time we got to see a phone inspired by the (yet to come) next iPhone. The design of the phone is said to be mocking that of the rumored budget iPhone. And, it’s already in the market, even though a budget iPhone is yet to arrive.

We recently reported that Apple has filed for the ‘iWatch’ trademark in Japan, hinting that the company may actually be working on such a product. However, it is now being reported that the same ‘iWatch’ trademark is not held by Apple but by other companies, in major markets such as US, UK and China.

When Apple unveiled iPhone 5, the new handset ran into a number of controversies. Compared to that, Samsung’s Galaxy S4’s launch was fairly smooth, as far as the smartphone’s features and functioning goes. According to ‘We Are Social’ metrics, Apple attracted many more user complaints after iPhone 5 launch, compared to Galaxy S4.

Boston University has filed a lawsuit against Apple alleging that the company has infringed a semiconductor patent by a university professor. The university is seeking to ban Apple from selling the devices that infringe the patent, which include iPhone, iPad and more.

Apple has staged somewhat of a coup in the fashion industry by bagging Paul Deneve, who had been the CEO of Yves Saint Laurent until quite recently. Deneve quit his job, initially citing that he was joining the high-tech industry. It now appears that he has been hired by Apple.

The French government had been investigating allegations of anti-competitive practices against Apple. As part of its ongoing investigations, the government competition authority recently launched a raid against Apple’s French headquarters and seized a number of documents.

San Francisco recently witnessed a rather overwhelming crowd of people who participated in its Gay Pride parade. Interestingly, Mark Zuckerberg also participated in the parade, together with nearly 700 of Facebook’s employees, expressing full support for LGBT rights.

For long, the rumor-mill has been claiming that Apple is readying a smartwatch which would be called ‘iWatch.’ Until now, Apple didn’t divulge even a single hint that such a project was underway. Now, however, the company has filed for the ‘iWatch’ trademark in Japan, which may show that Apple is serious in building such a product.

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